When it's time to prune, remove any dead or diseased branches to.

But for the main summer pruning, cut back all shoots by at least half, while at the same time opening up the centre of the tree by removing inward growing branches.

I was ready to prune my trees, but decided to wait for a little dryer season in springtime.

It’s as simple as that. As well as ‘Satsuma’ and ‘Mariposa’, other Japanese plum cultivars include ‘Santa Rosa’, ‘Pluot’, ‘Donsworth’ and ‘Ruby’.

And don't forget if you are buying plums, that most need to be cross-pollinated. Jul 16, The aim of pruning fruit trees in the home garden is to assist the tree to produce reliable quality crops, with good size fruit on a manageable size tree. This orchard in the Adelaide Hills was planted eight years ago. It has 25 trees including varieties of apples, pears and plums. These have survived with rainwater and no regular pruning.

Jul 12, Summer Pruning Plum Trees. Thinning fruits can be regarded as the first stage of pruning, as it reduces strain on the branches. Do this in early summer while fruits are still small and can be pinched out with your thumb and forefinger. July and August is the best time to prune plums in most Northern Hemisphere locations.

Jul 21, Pruning citrus trees by removing diseased or dead wood. Also cut out any crossed branches that are rubbing. Thin some small fruits on early-season stone (apricots, plum and peach) and pome (apple and pear) fruit trees to improve the quality and size of the remaining fruit.

Passionfruit vines can be pruned in mid- to late treefelling.barted Reading Time: 7 mins. Jun 08, Pruning fruit trees encourages a good size and shape, keeps the tree productive and helps remove dead and damaged wood.

Many fruit trees, such as apples and pears, are pruned in winter, but plum trees can be susceptible to silver leaf disease if pruned at this time. Plum trees are therefore best pruned Missing: australia.